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Amazon Sets “Dark/Web” Series For July 19 [Trailer]
Amazon has set the 8-episode horror series “Dark/Web” for a July 19th premiere on its Prime Video streaming service.
The series first debuted at Entertainment Weekly‘s and SCAD’s prestigious television festival, aTV Fest, and will screen to a packed house at this year’s Comic-Con in San Diego on the eve of its streaming bow. A panel is also confirmed for the Con, the details of which are forthcoming.
Full disclosure, I had the good fortune to work with the “Dark/Web” team as a writer and am credited for the second anthology segment, “Hacked”, which I consider a dark, techno Grimm’s fairy tale about the dangers of desiring online notoriety.
Each of the series’ tales delve deep into the strange and dangerous “dark web” that lurks just beneath the surface of the internet we use every day.
A genius programmer’s mysterious disappearance leads to the reunion of old friends and the discovery that the strange stories she left behind may point to an impending technological crisis.
The show comes from the creative team behind 2015’s Netflix film Circle, which has gone on to become something of a cult hit, inspiring online video games and live theatrical performances and adaptations across the world.
The massive cast includes Sibongile Mlambo (Lost in Space), Julie Benz (“Dexter”), Clare Kramer (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”), Nicholas Brendan (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”), Gabriel Luna (Terminator Dark Fate), Michael Nardelli (“The People vs. OJ Simpson”).
Hannah Marks (Southbound), Zelda Williams (“Teen Wolf”), Robert Davi (Die Hard), Siobhan Fallon Hogan (Funny Games), Hayley Marie Norman (“Top Five”), Dora Madison (“Friday Night Lights”), Molly Hagan (“The Handmaid’s Tale”), Cassie Thomson (“The Alienist”), Amin El Gamal (“Prison Break”), Lana McKissack (Transformers), Brian Elerding (“Mad Men”), Noemi Gonzalez (“Rosewood”) and many others also star.
One of the best new series of the year, Apple TV’s hit series “Widow’s Bay”, is also now an Emmy nominee in multiple categories.
The 78th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards will be hosted by Mariska Hargitay and will air live on September 14 on NBC, streaming on Peacock, and nominations were announced this morning. Jeff Hiller, who plays government employee Dale in the series, was on hand to deliver the announcements.
“Widow’s Bay” has officially been nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series. Lead star Matthew Rhys has been nominated for an Emmy Award for Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for “Widow’s Bay”.
Dale Dickey and Kate O’Flynn have both earned noms for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. Also earning a nomination is Stephen Root for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.
Betty Gilpin earns a nom for Comedy Guest Actress while Hamish Linklater lands a spot on the Comedy Guest Actor list.
But wait. There’s more.
The Emmy nominations for “Widow’s Bay” also include:
- Production Design for Narrative Program (Half-Hour)
- Casting for Comedy Series
- Cinematography for a Series (Half-Hour)
- Directing for a Comedy Series – Hiro Murai
- Editing for a Single-Camera Comedy Series – Isaac Hagy
- Editing for a Single-Camera Comedy Series – Kyle Reiter
- Editing for a Single-Camera Comedy Series – Jen Bryson
- Music Composition for a Series
- Music Supervision
- Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour)
- Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour)
- Writing for a Comedy Series
That’s 19 total nominations. All of it well deserved.
Daniel Kurland wrote in his “Widow’s Bay” review for Bloody Disgusting, “Season One makes a perfect first impression, and its debut is strong enough that viewers will want to set up permanent residency there. There’s an excellent sense of storytelling, character development, and an engaging mystery that’s strengthened through pitch-perfect horror and comedy.
The series takes place in a quaint island town 40 miles off the coast of New England and follows the town’s mayor as he attempts to revitalize the community despite a very pesky curse that unleashes horror of all varieties.
Season one is directed and executive produced by Emmy Award-winner Hiro Murai (“Barry“, “Atlanta”). Murai helms five of the 10-episode season, in addition to directors Ti West (The X Trilogy, “Them”), Sam Donovan (“Severance”), and Andrew DeYoung (Friendship).
The inaugural season wrapped last month and has already been renewed for season two.
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